Top seeds roll in the 40's era opening round..

Most of the top seeds all had convincing wins in the opening first round, with one lone exception. 4th seeded Greer Garson was edged by 5th seed Gene Tierney in one heck of a match. Gene slipped by Greer 40-35, but this match could have gone either way. Here are the other matches final results.

SOPHISTICATES

1 VIVIEN LEIGH def 8 RUTH HUSSEY 58-12
5 GENE TIERNEY def 4 GREER GARSON 40-35
2 INGRID BERGMAN def 7 LORETTA YOUNG 60-13
3 LAUREN  BACALL def 6 ANN SHERIDAN 47-26

No surprise here as top seed Vivien Leigh cruises to a first round win...

Vivien Leigh, who made it to the final four last year, wasted little time in taking care of Ruth Hussey. This match was over the first day. Ingrid Bergman put a beat down on Loretta Young 60-13 in what I thought would have been a much closer match. And even though I love Lauren Bacall with all my heart, I was still sad to see her beat Ann Sheridan.

DRAMA QUEENS

1 BETTE DAVIS def CLAIRE TREVOR 57-13
4 JOAN FONTAINE def 5 LANA TURNER 45-29
2 KATHARINE HEPBURN def 7 JANE GREER 48-24
3 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND def 6 IDA LUPINO 49-23

Not much drama among the drama queens matches as all top 4 seeds won very easily with Bette Davis leading the way with a severe beatdown of Claire Trevor 57-13. Look for the next part of this round to kick off today with matches in the categories of funny ladies/girls next door and singers/dancers. Here's the link to go cast your vote: rosalind-russell:Dazzling Star